CHAPTER 885: CHAPTER 885: BRUTAL PERSONALITY

The alarm sounded continuously, and Hope New City encountered the biggest crisis in three years. For unknown reasons, Hatred had invaded, and the numbers were still unclear!

A certain tacit understanding between humans and ghosts was shattered, and past fears descended once again.

Cry for help and screams echoed in the buffer zone, and even the members of the specially trained Guard Team began to falter.

Unlike the Investigation Bureau, where the entire populace is armed, some individuals with special personalities in Hope New City didn’t know how to fight at all. They joined the Guard Team merely to bide their time before moving into the safe Central District.

They might still manage to struggle against ordinary ghosts, but in the face of Hatred, they ran even faster than most people.

A weak combat will, corrupt internal management, incompetence from top to bottom, all contributed to the guard defense line of Hope New City being easily torn apart.

Originally, these were all preparations made by some people in the Core City District for the day of Blood Sacrifice, but Han Fei exposed it prematurely, letting Hope New City, immersed in an illusion of safety, feel the chill again.

"Let it all fall into chaos. Only through painful struggle can they wake up."

The buffer zone was filled with numerous laboratories, imprisoning many rare ghosts and monsters like Big Evil. To Han Fei, these evil ghosts were priceless assets, and he certainly wouldn’t let them go.

As the saying goes, since you’re here, how could you go back empty-handed?

"Only by destroying enough laboratories and taking away enough evil ghosts can I confuse Hope New City, leaving them bewildered about my intentions." Han Fei had already found reasons for his actions. He led countless Dark Merchants in a frenzied plunder, sending countless imprisoned ghosts into the Greed Abyss.

In fact, Han Fei had already acted with utmost benevolence. He didn’t let those ghosts run wild, as that would surely lead to innocent civilians getting hurt. Devouring those special experimental ghosts was the best choice.

"Heart, outer skin, other organs..."

As Han Fei prepared to retrieve Big Evil’s remaining limbs, the gates of Central District of Hope New City opened, and modified vehicles bearing the Deep Space Technology logo rolled out. The aura of the personnel inside was far stronger than that of the Guard Team.

"Finally, going to get serious?"

The most elite forces of Hope New City’s class hierarchy were all deployed to protect the Central and Inner City Districts, while the Outer City District and buffer zone were merely experimental grounds, testing both ghosts and honing the living. Only those who stood out in the Outer City could qualify to enter the Central District.

"These monsters are getting more unruly. I’ve long said, they can no longer be viewed as humans! Different species can’t be trusted! This war cannot back down; they all must be killed!" Frantic screams came from afar, as atop a bloody truck stood a man in a bloodstained hospital gown, his hands and face wrapped in bandages, covered in scars, like a mad beast.

"Many ghosts are formed from human obsessions. They can be understood as another form of human, and ghosts feed on human negative emotions. They’ve never intended to annihilate us." Opposite the beastly man, sitting with a scale in hand, was a man dressed in plain white clothing.

"Wu Nian, do you know what nonsense you’re spouting?" The patient grabbed the collar of the man in white: "Because of people like you, Hope New City became like this!"

"Democracy, fairness, freedom, isn’t that exactly what separates humans from animals?" Even held by the collar, the expression of the man in white did not change, as it was a belief he held from the heart.

"I’d love to dismantle your personality and throw you into those ghost-rearing outposts to let you experience the life of the lowest-level survivors." The patient’s eyes turned blood-red, exceedingly terrifying.

"I know you’re a ’beast’ who clawed his way to this point, hence you think so much for them, but you must think clearly, these are necessary sacrifices."

"Hope built on sacrificing some people isn’t hope at all. Stop deluding yourself." The patient released his grip, preparing to enter the ever-expanding Ghost Creature, but the man in white blocked him, gesturing him into the Black Mist.

"I know the Hatred near Hope New City better. Leave them to me." Without waiting for the patient to choose, the man in white, holding the scale, walked into the Ghost Creature.

"Coward! Even a thing like you can achieve Personality Awakening eight times? It seems there’s no fairness in this world at all!"

Enraged, the patient dashed into the Black Mist: "What kind of Ghost Creature is this? Why do I sense the aura of different Hatreds?"

The bandages on him began to unravel, and the patient’s body started to change: "Never mind, it doesn’t matter, no ghost can withstand the torment of a brutal personality!"

The patient seemed to have seen something; the blood vessels on his face instantly bulged, and the sanity in his eyes was slowly dissolving: "Enjoy playing hide-and-seek?"

A giant deformed fist in the Black Mist struck towards the patient. He had no intention of dodging, gathering all his strength to fiercely swing back!

The impact dispersed part of the mist, and the patient’s entire arm drooped limply, bones fractured, dark energy invaded. If it were anyone else, they would’ve likely lost combat ability, but this guy revealed an unnaturally twisted smile.

The more pain he felt, the more it seemed to stimulate him.

The exposed bones were pressed back into place, and the patient’s blood seemed to be infested with countless worms unseen by the naked eye, rapidly repairing his body.

"The brutal feast has begun!"

The patient was like a mad dog, crawling on all fours, with his hospital gown torn apart by his swelling body, revealing various marks left by ghosts and monsters on his skin.

This madman had been reared by different ghosts before, tortured to be unrecognizable, injected with various strange things and curses, inadvertently bestowing him with a super self-healing ability.

In a sense, he could no longer be considered human.

Upon confirming the principal’s location, the patient’s body began to deform, his flesh able to harm ghosts. The more pain he felt, the more active the worms hidden in his flesh became.

"Die! Die!"

Blood spread across his entire body, the patient climbed onto the principal. No matter how the principal attacked him, he couldn’t be shaken off.

This madman tore open the principal’s Soul Body, trying to burrow into it, displaying extreme savagery.

"Even something not even worthy of hatred wants to deal with me?"

As if in response to his disdain, strands of white hair, formed from hatred, silently approached and pierced through his body.

"Another hatred?"

The Ghost Creature unfolded near the patient; cracks appeared on his skin, and his body was created with "drawers" that could be opened.

Those drawers contained his vitality and memories, which were key to enduring the darkness. It was his obsession with being human that allowed him to withstand all manners of inhuman torment.

But now, the hatred hidden in the darkness surprisingly intended to target his most precious memories.

"Unforgivable, unforgivable!"

The patient grasped those strands of white hair with a reverse hand grip. The hatred-tainted white hair easily sliced through his body.

The intense pain made the patient laugh. He looked at his fallen fingers, his facial expression extremely bizarre: "Brutal personality, not only represents brutality towards enemies, but even more represents cruelty and violence towards oneself."

No one expected that the fleshy residue attached to the strands of hatred would also be controlled by the patient. The unknown worms living in his blood frantically gnawed at the soul of the white-haired hatred.

"The more painful, the happier I am!" He had been raised by too many ghosts and monsters, immune to most curses, the Ghost Creature also barely affected him: "Do you fear me too? I used to be a normal person, it’s you who forced me to become like this! All the toxins flowing in my body are my hatred towards you!"

The patient roared hysterically; if this continued, the white-haired and the principal would both be invaded by the bizarre blood worms.

Amidst the stalemate, a wisp of black flame began to burn within the fog sea.

A massive whale emerged from the water, the flame atop its head burning away the blood worms clinging to the white hair.

The worms in the patient’s flesh constantly struggled in the black fire, after a long resistance, they were burned to ashes.

"The third hatred?" The patient’s eyelids twitched, the black fire hatred could fend off the worms in his flesh, but more terrifyingly, there might be other hatreds lurking in this sinister dark fog!

The fog sea seemed to connect to the abyss of Hell, no one could see the truth, and often the unknown was the most terrifying.

The holder of the brutal personality harbored a hint of retreat in his heart; this time, the invading ghosts and monsters in New City were far from ordinary.

He wanted to leave the dark fog, but Han Fei was unwilling to let this Big Fish escape.

Upon seeing the eighth Personality Awakened enter the black fog alone, Han Fei’s greed uncontrollably expanded. If he could keep the patient, it would add another core combat power to his side.

The moment the little girl appeared, the Fear Nightmare materialized behind the patient; both hatreds ignited black flames and unfolded the Ghost Creature, launching attacks on the patient from both spiritual and physical fronts.

No matter how strong the patient was, he couldn’t match the two hatreds; his limbs were twisted, his will and soul were being gradually dragged into the Mental Ghost Creature.

The greedy black fog hit the patient’s body like waves; Han Fei attempted to drag the patient into the Greed Abyss but failed.

Gao Cheng’s Greed Abyss could only imprison ghosts and monsters, even as personality awakens continuously, this aspect didn’t change.

To drag the patient into the abyss, one must kill him and imprison his soul.

Gazing under the starlight, Gao Cheng’s memory silently watched Han Fei; compared to Han Fei’s greed, he was considered a very selfless person.

"Personality cannot devour the living, I can understand."

The patient was on the brink of death, yet Han Fei voluntarily abandoned the opportunity to kill him; he wasn’t the kind of maniac who destroys what he can’t obtain. When the Divine Spirit celebrates a birthday, the patient still needed to help Hope New City to resist Gao Xing.

Having stirred too much commotion, Han Fei decided to leave after obtaining the last part of the dismembered body of Big Evil.

Hidden in the black fog, he flipped the Master-level Acting switch, throwing the souls of those Ghost Card Case criminals before the patient.

"Someone inside Hope New City is conspiring with hatred, preparing to blood sacrifice the whole city on the Divine Spirit’s birthday. I came here to give you a warning." Han Fei forced those criminals to reveal the truth.

The patient was stunned upon hearing these words, knowing the high levels of Hope New City had issues but not expecting the problem to be this severe.

"You’ve been comfortable for too long, forgetting the terror of ghosts and monsters. I hope my appearance can help you recall the cruel past."

The patient himself was a main battle faction, he resonated slightly with what Han Fei said.

"Who... are you?"

"The one who raises the flame, illuminating the path ahead for you in the night."

The black fog slowly receded; Han Fei, utilizing Word Spirit ability and Master-level Acting, had long fled, leaving the patient feeling quite unreal. Just moments ago, besieged by four hatreds on the brink of death, he now was suddenly saved and received an extremely shocking message.

Gazing at the ruins all around, and the destroyed experiment building, the patient felt somewhat wavered momentarily.

Several hatreds departed just like that; they didn’t harm the ordinary residents of the Outer City District, only destroyed those laboratories holding rare ghosts and monsters.

"Who exactly is he?"